Forget everything you thought you knew about fishing rods.

POINT Blank super-modulus blanks are a game changer in a lot of ways but along with the stratospheric leap in sensitivity and response comes a few things that might seem very different than what you’ve come to expect over the years. Bend characteristics are changing; super-mod blanks can offer very small tip diameters that provide flick-of-the-wrist casting and then magically transform to a butt section that is capable of winching a 4X4 out of a mudhole. Extra Fast tip actions reach angles of 68 or 69-degrees – a specification that would have signalled a “noodle” rod a few years ago might well be a brute in a super-mod configuration. The bottom line is that POINT Blank super-mod blanks “feel” different and frankly, take some getting used to.